Bill Murray Snaps At ‘Pushy’ Fan At NYC Theater

Bill Murray made headlines after a viral video confirmed him confronting a fan at an NYC theater, accusing them of “bodily assault.”

The incident sparked combined reactions on-line, with some people defending the actors and others claiming that he overreacted.

Days earlier, Invoice Murray confronted backlash for forcibly kissing actress Naomi Watts on “Watch What Occurs Reside!”

In a now-viral TikTok video, Murray was caught on digicam confronting an overzealous fan inside AMC Lincoln Sq. 13 in New York Metropolis.

The 74-year-old “Ghostbusters” star erupted angrily and pointed his finger on the particular person, warning: “You assault me like that once more, I am going to step in your foot.”

Safety rapidly stepped in to de-escalate the scenario, main the visibly agitated actor away.

Murray, nevertheless, continued to accuse the fan of “bodily assault” whereas sternly repeating, “Do not do it once more,” whereas the fan might be heard providing an apology.

Murray was on the theater for a particular Q&A screening of “The Good friend,” his newest movie co-starring Naomi Watts.

Followers took to social media to weigh in on the heated altercation, with opinions break up over Murray’s response.

“You bought your foot nudged in a crowd and known as it assault? Be critical,” one person commented.

One other wrote, “Assault? I like Invoice, however well-known folks suppose they personal the air round them. You are in a public area, bud.”

“Invoice Murray has at all times been like that. Ridiculous,” another person added.

Another particular person wrote, “Murray is simply one other clown celeb. A fan stands on the again of his shoe, and he says it’s an assault.”

Whereas a number of appeared to dunk on Murray for his response, many supported his response.

“It’s important to be a primary a gap to p-ss off Invoice Murray! He is a nationwide treasure!” one person wrote.

One other mentioned, “Good for Invoice. Some folks, particularly paparazzi, must study to again off and depart folks alone.”

A 3rd chimed in, “That is the AMC Lincoln Sq.. All of the actors go there to take pleasure in a film. Go away the person alone.”

“Bumped into Invoice a number of instances in Downtown Charleston he’s very good and kind-hearted. You bought to be actually annoying to p-ss him off,” a fourth added.

The incident comes simply days after Murray stirred controversy for forcibly kissing Naomi Watts throughout their look on “Watch What Occurs Reside!”

In the course of the present’s fan Q&A phase on Monday night time, Watts was requested to call the “finest onscreen kiss” of her profession.

However earlier than she may reply, the “Groundhog Day” actor abruptly pulled her hair again and kissed her on the lips.

Seemingly amused, he gave a thumbs-up to the digicam whereas Watts, pointing at his mouth, remarked, “You’ve got bought lipstick in your face.”

“Did I’m going purple?” she requested, per The Independent, to which Murray smugly replied, “That was too simple.”

Watts finally answered the query, naming her husband, Billy Crudup, as her finest onscreen kiss.

On the time, Murray confronted backlash over the kiss, with many calling his actions inappropriate. One critic on X (previously Twitter) described the second as “horrifying” and “disrespectful.”

In one other a part of the phase, Murray revealed that he has few regrets in his lengthy profession, however one missed alternative nonetheless lingers: turning down an opportunity to work with Clint Eastwood.

Explaining, Murray revealed that he handed on a possible position alongside Eastwood, probably out of worry of being typecast.

“I used to be watching the Clint Eastwood films of the day, like ‘Thunderbolt and Lightfoot’ or regardless of the hell the films he was making then, and I believed: ‘His sidekick will get killed, and he avenges, however the sidekick will get like an excellent half, an excellent loss of life scene,” he recalled.

Murray mentioned he determined to succeed in out to Eastwood, stating: “I used to be like, I bought to name this man. So I known as him out of the blue.”

Nevertheless, Eastwood’s pitch did not sit proper with him. “He requested, ‘Would you ever need to do one other service comedy?'”

Murray defined that as a result of he had simply made “Stripes,” he declined the provide, stating: “‘Would I develop into like Abbott and Costello?’ I needed to do like navy films? And I mentioned, ‘Properly, God, I assume possibly I should not.'”